We Get Mail!

In the recent Econtalk podcast, I noted that I was ignorant of (among other things) the meaning of the "English Dance" Schiller refers to in his letter.

Russ and I got this email (name redacted):

Hello Gentlemen. 

Thanks for your continued efforts in spreading education through your podcasts. I am a listener of EconTalk. 

Recently Professor Munger you made a reference to Schiller and a dance form that he refered to. I asked my uncle, a Schiller and Goethe academic, for more information as you stated that your research hadn't turned up the specifics of the dance in question. 

Here is his response : 

"'Der englische Tanz” (sometimes “Anglaise") could mean several things back in Schiller’s day, but most usually indicated a contradance, in which couples form lines facing each other. Schiller considered such a dance a metaphor for an ideal of freedom, in which each individual moved freely, but at the same time did not intrude on the others’ movements. The whole had form and order (and beauty), while the individual practiced “rücksichtsvolle Selbstbestimmung'." (The last term one can translate as perhaps "thoughtful self-determination.")

So, folks:  Have a “rücksichtsvolle Selbstbestimmung" Friday!

#500

@econtalker was kind enough to include me (much more than I deserved) in the 500th episode of "Econ Talk."

The link is here.

Got to tell the Unicorn story, which is also a centerpiece of The Thing Itself.

Thanks so much to Russ Roberts, for having created a new thing in the world.

 For many thousands of people, Mondays are now a good day.

Podcastration

The INESS Podcast is up, from Slovakia.

Thanks to Richard Durana and Juraj Karpiš for all the great work they do at INESS!

Milk! A new podcast...

A new podcast (marking the double dozen level overall!) with Russ Roberts.

On milk, supermarkets, and consumer sovereignty.  And William Harold Hutt.

Nerdfest: WeinerSmith!

Zach Weiner sends along this podcast, which even he describes as being exremely nerdweiler-ish.

But very cool, on the science.

Podcastration: Parasites

Got to talk to some of my favorite people:  Zach Wiener, of SMBC fame, and Kelly (Wiener)Smith, a really cool biologista and general science nerd-punk.

The theme, as Kelly put it, is this:  "how people parasitize economies and how parasites economize people."

The podcast.

Weinersmith Hour

Very cool conversation with Zach Weiner (of SMBC note) and partner Kelly, together the "Weinersmiths." Had an hour of talk and discussion of economics. Zach sounded like he had terminal pneumonia, but it was fun nonetheless.

Podcastrians: Profits, the Verger and other Stories

My main man Russ Roberts and I vigorously podcastrate the idea of profit, illustrating it with three pedagogically useful stories.

At least, *I* think they are useful stories.

LeBron on the EU

Podcast: LeBron on the EU.

Political Economy Lecture Series Podcasts: Economics for Non-majors

So, here are the four podcasts from the PE lecture series from this fall. I put the name of the speaker, linked to his web page, and then a link to the podcast (in every case, an MP3). The sound quality is not always very good, because I was both the person in charge of recording and also the editor of final product.

Remember, the course that these podcasts come from is "Economics for Non-majors," a new but now permanent course being taught at Duke. (Syllabus for Fall 2011). Let me acknowledge the extremely helpful assistance of the Charles G. Koch Foundation and the Thomas W. Smith Foundation in getting this off the ground. We could not have done it without you, folks! There was nothing like this, and now there is a new permanent course, right here at Duke University. It will be offered at least twice a year from now on.

November 30, 2011: Professor Kevin B. Grier, University Professor and Professor of Economics, University of Oklahoma. (email him if you have questions!)

"MONETARY POLICY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE" (Link to mp3 file file)

November 2, 2011: Professor Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Political Science & Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies, Duke University. (email him if you have questions!)

"THE GREAT DIVERGENCE: WHY DO ISLAMIC COUNTRIES LAG ECONOMICALLY?" (Link to mp3 file)

October 12, 2011: Honorable William Gradison, US House of Representatives and PCAOB

"FINANCIAL REGULATION: CAUSES AND EFFECTS" (Link to mp3 file)

September 7, 2011: Professor John D. Lewis, Visiting Professor, PPE Program, Duke University. (email him if you have questions!)

"MORALITY OF EXCHANGE IN GREECE AND ROME" (Link to mp3 file)

Podcast on Euvoluntary Exchange

The 20th time (here's the whole list) Russ Roberts has been kind enough to let me jabber. I really enjoyed this one, a very interesting discussion about my idea of "Euvoluntary Exchange." (The paper has finally come out... Here is the gated version. Happy to share if you email me.)

I hope you like it!

From Madison, NJ

Simon and Garfunkel? Pikers. Gilbert and Sullivan? Don't make me laugh.

From the set of FotC, at Drew University, a candid of the mighty Russ Roberts and Mungowitz podcast duo. (19 albums and still workin!) No, Russ is not standing in a hole.

(Thanks to Jeff Boyd for the pic. Jeff also sent this article about the shoot).

Four Terrific Podcasts

For my class this spring, the TW Smith Foundation was kind enough to provide generous support for some outside speakers.

With the permission of those speakers, I have created podcasts of their lectures to the class. Here they are. A note of warning: I did the recording and production. So the sound quality is something less than perfect, even though the speeches themselves were first rate.

John David Lewis: Podcast (Professor at Duke's PPE Program)
"The Role of Commerce in the Ancient World"

Timur Kuran: Podcast (Professor at Duke in Economics and Political Science)
"The Long Divergence: Economic Institutions in the Islamic World"

William Dougan: Podcast (Professor in the John E. Walker Department of Economics at Clemson University)
"The Economist and the State: The Chicago View"

Kevin Grier: Podcast (Professor in the Department of Economics at University of Oklahoma)
"U.S. Monetary Policy: Past, Present, and Future"

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(UPDATE: A reader was kind enough to point out that one might look here for 19 other useful podcasts on economics. And I have to (blush) agree.)

Amar Bhide

KPC BFF Amar Bhide, in defense of human judgment.



(And a bonus podcast with AB)

Kosmos Podcasts

So, the complete set of four Kosmos podcasts. (The Ward Boss is a smart ass. Just trust me...)

Dissertation and Research Agenda (LINK)

Publishing Your Work (LINK)

Obtaining Research Funding (LINK)

The Tenure Thing (LINK)

Kosmos Podcasts

The complete set of three. One more to come, soon.

Dissertation and Research Agenda (LINK)

Publishing Your Work (LINK)

Obtaining Research Funding (LINK)

Enjoy! And thanks to JH for being so patient. She has memorized the intro by now, for my boring bio.

Podcastation

For you podcastrians out there....part I of a four-series on grad school and finding a job.

KOSMOS--Podcast I: Munger on "Writing a Disseration and Setting a Research Agenda."

Podcastrians! Good News

Not great news, but good news, I hope. A new podcast, available on Econtalk or iTunes U.

In which I establish my credibility by mispronouncing the name of Chile's president at least twice. "PiñerO": Now I have to talk about President "Abamo" I suppose.

Podcastrians! Love, Money, Profits, and Gifts

Russ Roberts and I wonder about a bunch of stuff. Youknowhowwedo.

Podcastroid, Unite!

For podcast fans: An econ version of "Pardon the Interruption."

With the indefatigable Russ Roberts as the interruption.

And as always, available on iTunes U, for use while driving or exercising. Makes a GREAT gift!